Yurok dictionary

Writing system: no hyphens | hyphens

Search index (1)

wo'n

Dictionary entry

wo'nadv • thither

Lexicon record # 3947 | Source reference(s): R265 JE141

Special meaning or use

  • wo'n ho until R265

Sentence examples (4)

  1. 'Enuemee wo'n ho kue kohchew 'we-choomoyhl 'o weykohl; noohl kue meweemor 'o 'ekso' kue keech laayekw.
    They were finishing the path right up to the sixth day, and then the old man closed the path.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  2. K'ee kwen cho 'o tektonee m-ekwol kem 'emehl knoksee'm 'ue-peesh'on, 'enuemee wo'n ho mo'ok'w 'ue-peesh'on; 'esee noowo'r ho k'ee we'y 'ue-mer'wermery.
    Wherever there was a fishing rock built it left some of its scales, right on until it had no scales left; and then it went on to the head of the river.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  3. Wo'n keech so'n keet 'ue wook kem 'o gegok'w kue 'ne-psech kue 'we-nerrgersek'.
    Before daybreak even it happened that my father went out to gather sweathouse wood.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  4. Yo' chwegeen wo'n ho mo'ok'w 'we-sew.
    He went on talking until his last breath (lit. until he had no breathing).

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)